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152177A Map of Future Ruinshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/a-map-of-future-ruins-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1775541/faae4f0f-c219-4236-b6ce-efc3ca17b47b.jpg?v=638338920259000000359359MXNPenguin Random House Audio Publishing GroupInStock/Audiolibros/<p><strong>This stunning meditation on nostalgia, heritage, and compassion asks us to dismantle the stories weve been toldand told ourselvesin order to naturalize the forms of injustice weve come to understand as order. Leslie Jamison, author of <em>The Empathy Exams</em></strong></p><p>When and how did migration become a crime? Why does ancient Greece remain so important to the Wests idea of itself? How does nostalgia fuel the exclusion and demonization of migrants today?<br />In 2021, Lauren Markham went to Greece, in search of her own Greek heritage and to cover the aftermath of a fire that burned down the largest refugee camp in Europe. Almost no one had wanted the campnot activists, not the countrys growing neo-fascist movement, not even the government. But almost immediately, on scant evidence, six young Afghan refugees were arrested for the crime.<br />Markham soon saw that she was tracing a broader narrative, rooted not only in centuries of global history but also in myth. A mesmerizing, trailblazing synthesis of reporting, history, memoir, and essay, <em>A Map of Future Ruins</em> helps us see that the stories we tell about migration dont just explain what happened. They are oracles: they predict the future.</p>...151473A Map of Future Ruins359359https://www.gandhi.com.mx/a-map-of-future-ruins-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1775541/faae4f0f-c219-4236-b6ce-efc3ca17b47b.jpg?v=638338920259000000InStockMXN99999DIAudiolibro20249780593829332_W3siaWQiOiJmODNhOTQ5OS04MjAwLTQ3MDMtYjNlMi04ODBiODg4OGUyMDMiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjM1MCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjAsInNlbGxpbmdQcmljZSI6MzUwLCJpbmNsdWRlc1RheCI6dHJ1ZSwicHJpY2VUeXBlIjoiV2hvbGVzYWxlIiwiY3VycmVuY3kiOiJNWE4iLCJmcm9tIjoiMjAyNC0xMi0wMVQwMDowMDowMFoiLCJyZWdpb24iOiJNWCIsImlzUHJlb3JkZXIiOmZhbHNlLCJpc0VsaWdpYmxlRm9yQ3JlZGl0VHJpYWwiOnRydWUsImNyZWRpdFB1cmNoYXNlUHJpY2UiOjF9XQ==9780593829332_<p><strong>A provocative, virtuosic inquiry that reveals how the valorization of migrations past is intimately linked to our exclusion and demonization of migrants today</strong></p><p>When and how did migration become a crime? Why have Greek ideals remained foundational to the Wests idea of itself? How have our personal migration mythsand nostalgia for times pastshaped our troubling new realities of nationalism and exclusion?</p><p>In 2021, Lauren Markham went to Greece to cover the aftermath of a fire that had burned down a refugee camp on Lesbos. Some said the refugees had done it, to destroy what had become their prison. Others suggested the islands fascists could have done it, or even the government itself, enraged at the burden Greece bore for an overwhelming international problem. Almost immediatelyin spite of scant evidencesix young Afghan refugees had been arrested for the crime. As she immersed herself in the reporting, Markhama US American of Greek heritage who had been working with and writing about migrants for two decadessaw that the story she was reporting was part of a larger tapestry, rooted not only in centuries of global history but in the myths we tell ourselves about who we are.</p><p>In this mesmerizing, trailblazing synthesis of reporting, history, memoir, and essay, <em>A Map of Future Ruins</em> helps us see that the stories we tell about migration dont just explain what happened. They are oracles: they predict the future.</p>...(*_*)9780593829332_<p><strong>This stunning meditation on nostalgia, heritage, and compassion asks us to dismantle the stories weve been toldand told ourselvesin order to naturalize the forms of injustice weve come to understand as order. Leslie Jamison, author of <em>The Empathy Exams</em></strong></p><p>When and how did migration become a crime? Why does ancient Greece remain so important to the Wests idea of itself? How does nostalgia fuel the exclusion and demonization of migrants today?<br />In 2021, Lauren Markham went to Greece, in search of her own Greek heritage and to cover the aftermath of a fire that burned down the largest refugee camp in Europe. Almost no one had wanted the campnot activists, not the countrys growing neo-fascist movement, not even the government. But almost immediately, on scant evidence, six young Afghan refugees were arrested for the crime.<br />Markham soon saw that she was tracing a broader narrative, rooted not only in centuries of global history but also in myth. A mesmerizing, trailblazing synthesis of reporting, history, memoir, and essay, <em>A Map of Future Ruins</em> helps us see that the stories we tell about migration dont just explain what happened. They are oracles: they predict the future.</p>...9780593829332_Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Groupaudiolibro_74473ebd-d28f-3d4e-866f-4007b15b5a3e_9780593829332;9780593829332_9780593829332Lauren MarkhamInglésMéxico2024-02-13T00:00:00+00:00NoMINUTE2024-02-13T00:00:00+00:00Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group